Minute Meditations

Today, Christian Native Americans seek ways of being equal participants in the life and mission of the Church—as indigenous people.

When the realities of life hit, and you have lost everything, what is left is the stunning beauty of our relationships with one another, with this world, and with God. 

We cannot find peace in chaos. In the noise and violence that surround us in this country every day, covering our ears and eyes is easy.

Our Franciscan tradition speaks to the idea of unity through community.

The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins crystallized so beautifully the effect that John Duns Scotus’ teaching has on mystical minds: Yet ah! this air I gather and releaseHe lived on;These weeds and waters, these walls are whatHe hauntedWho of all ...

One of my favorite authors is the great Hoosier science fiction writer, Kurt Vonnegut. A theme he often plays with in many of his novels is the notion that human beings are becoming more machine-like in their dependence on technology ...